चूडाकरण

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

चूडा—करण  n.  n. ‘forming the crest’, the ceremony of tonsure (= चौल, one of the 12 purificatory rites [ [RTL.] p. 353 and 359] performed on a child in the Ist or 3rd year), [Kauś.]; [Gobh.]; [PārGṛ.]; [Gṛhyās.]; [BhavP.]; [PSarv.]; [Smṛtit. iii.]

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चूडा करण

Shabda-Sagara

चूडाकरण  n.  ( -णं) Shaving the head all but one lock, considered as a religious, and purificatory rite; it should be performed in the first or third year.
E. चुडा, and करण making.

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चुडा करण